Masked gunmen ransack home

Three masked men barged into a home Sunday night and held three people, including a 5-year-old boy, at gunpoint while they ransacked the home.

Three masked men barged into a home Sunday night and held three people, including a 5-year-old boy, at gunpoint while they ransacked the home.

Just before midnight, Aaron Fernandez, 30, and Jason Beville, 39, were smoking in the front doorway of a home at 3001 S.E. 52nd Ave., when three men wearing stocking caps ran up on them. One was armed with a shotgun and a second man was carrying a stun gun, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports.

The gunman ordered the men inside and told them to get face down on the floor. Beville grabbed his son, who was on the couch, and shielded the boy with his body, reports state. The two men and boy were watched by the gunman and the man with the stun gun while the third man searched the kitchen and bedroom. Fernandez was struck with the butt of the shotgun, kicked and then shocked when he tried to stand, according to reports.

The masked men took two cellphones, a few video games and a wallet before running out of the home, reports state.

No one was seriously injured during the incident.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 732-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 368-STOP.